Harp
Especially in the lower range
Vibraphone
Same
Theramin
Absolutely gorgeous in its own wobbley way. There is something profoundly soothing about this thing that I cant really explain but its otherworldy, almost utopic and chronotopic
Glass Marimba
Soft mallets
Bass Marimba
Extrapolating here but I cant see how it wouldn’t
Rhodes
Let my add a bit of love for the wurlitzer too :)
Cello for me
Handpan, just so mellow sounding.
Love me a clarinet. Also a muted trumpet is pretty pleasing. I think though the most across the board genre neutral pleasing instrument timbre is the piano. It does it all.
French horn and glockenspiel.
I’m shocked no one else has said the horn. It was the first thing I thought of.
Found the Mike Oldfield
I don’t know the name of the instrument but its the one playing the main melody in the credits of The Legend Of Korra. Brings tears to my eyes with how expressive it is.
Theremin is beautiful too when played well.
The Kalimba/Mbira, maybe? That’s at the start, or did you mean the zhonghu?
What a nice track, thanks for mentioning it!
deleted by creator
Listen to a lot of renaissance lute music. Very mellow.
Contra Bass Clarinet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-aqcHlSFEI&list=RDQM1rbFoJYEB5E&start_radio=1
Zurna. Definitely Zurna.
Tuba.
Gotta have that sweet bass. Maybe some Flight if the Tuba Bee or Tuba Polka by Canadian Brass. Chef’s kiss.
Fantasie impromptu
Marimba
Definitely the cello; especially when played like Zoe Keating.
Firstly, this assumes that “timbre” is a fancy word for “sound characteristics”. I would definitely have troubled defining it.
Piano.
For me no contest.
Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Oboe, and Bassoon.
